As we chronicled on Brow Beat a couple months back, the step-by-step rollout of marketing for big-budget Hollywood pictures has become so elaborate as to be downright baroque: There are the set photos, then there are the one-sheet posters, then the teasers, then the full trailer, then the second full trailer, perhaps even a “red band” or international trailer, and finally the TV spots and full clips from the movie (which can be as long as ten minutes each). As part of that post, we marked the arrival of a new stage in marketing bloat: the trailer with commentary.

March 3 2015 1:39 PMThe “Most Pleasurable Portrayal of Libertarianism“ Bonus SegmentDavid, Emily, and John discuss what Parks and Recreation got right about government.Emily Bazelon, David Plotz, and John Dickerson